STATE v. WATSON

No. 81-KA-2227.

449 So.2d 1321 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Willie WATSON, Jr.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Morel, Jr., Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Kurt F. Sins, Gregory Champagne, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Victor E. Bradley, Jr., Norco, John L. Diasselliss, III, LePlece, for defendant-appellant.


WATSON, Justice.*

This is Willie Watson, Jr.'s second appeal from a death sentence for the slaying of Kathy Newman. After the first appeal, his first degree murder conviction was affirmed, the death sentence reversed because of improper jury instructions, and the case remanded for a new sentencing proceeding. State v. Watson, 423 So.2d 1130 (La.,1982). On remand, the state and the defense joined...

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